Thank you so much Rory, for all your patience and help over the years. I’ll miss our conversations on the future of comics (OK I missed those already, it’s been awhile), also missed are the ridiculous recall of knowledge you had on...
Read moreIt’s Ed Brubaker Again! and Again!
Yes, the man who killed Captain America, rendered in ink, back in 1992 when he was just an (alleged) ex-petty criminal and aspiring cartoonist. Just one day after I seem to have subconsciously channeled him into some doodles (see previous entry)...
Read moreReject title panel from comic in progress
Been trying to find the style for a new draw on an old old script for a promotional mini that I’m doing as a split release with Poopsheet. discovered that my old pad of bristol was a bit too old and had sucked up some moisture or something...
Read moreFree Simon Gane – Graphics Classics 64 page giant on Free Comic Book Day
See some choice Simon Gane art on Arthur Conan Doyle story in the Graphic Classics Free Comic Book Day special, available Friday, May 3rd, 2008 at finer comic book shops everywhere. Simon previews his story here. Read a review of it on Newsarama...
Read morePaul Pope in April GQ
You can now proudly walk into your newsagent’s and demand the new GQ without shame as there are 3 delightful full-colour pages of burlesque goodness by Paul Pope to be found within. And, unlike most of this issue’s content, they are...
Read moreTom Spurgeon reminds us why he is the best commentator on comics we’ve got
Among the witless speculation and fantasy being trolled out on what I imagine might still be called comics fandom concerning what the recent decision regarding ownership of Superman might mean in the long run, one shining beacon of reason drops...
Read moreI just work here – Artist studios captured on film
I’ve just started uploading and making notes on pictures I’ve taken of artist studios. The first batch, taken for Kitchen Sink Press’ Michael Kaluta Sketchbook, is up on flickr now.
Read moreGary Panter interview at Marvel – Omega, Kirby
Revelations abound and much sample art is to be had in this least likely of all artist interviews at Marvel.com with Gary Panter on his contribution to the 7th issue of Jonathan Letham’s Omega. We get some clues that Gary is releasing some...
Read moreStrange Tales of the Unusual
The other day, there was a link in the Random News Round Up section of Tom Spurgeon’s always great The Comics Reporter to an essay in the New Yorker by art spiegelman on revered EC Comics artist Bernard Krigstein. I came to a total stop in...
Read moreWow Cool @ HeroesCon – June 20-22, Charlotte
Wow Cool will be at the Heroes Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 20-22, 2008. There will be a few new debuts, lots of stuff by Simon Gane, Steve Cerio and myself, music, comics, shirts, etc. I’m hoping to spend most of my time...
Read moreNeil Gaiman is watching you
OK, after that pun, I’ve forfeited my right to some sort of future privilege in this world and all possible others. This magazine has been on the rack on the local Kroger’s for the past 2 months, and I do a double take every time I...
Read moreJohnny Flatline Gets it Together
Johnny Flatline returns, in a typical adventure… all fantasies, lies, imagination, backstory and wasted rationalizations. Realized here in an adult form not seen before. He returns in 2009 in Quarter a tale of Pinball, deceit and Lust. This...
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